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| Edmonson railway ticket printer at ÖSlJ in Taxinge, Sweden |
A heritage railway ticket has to be an Edmonson railway ticket!
Thomas Edmonson's invention replaced handwritten tickets, issued for each individual traveller. His invention was in general use for more than a century. Today, the circle is almost closed - tickets for travellers are often again issued individually - but now by a printer (and in various paper qualities).
There is still a few machines in use for printing Edmonson tickets, some owned by heritage railways and railway museums (the upper photo shows the machine at ÖSlJ).
Many heritage railways use Edmonson tickets. One of them is Train Touristique du Centre Var.
Edmonson tickets often have graphics or a logo of the railway, have different colours and markings for different passengers groups, and often have print on both sides.
Many heritage railways date-stamp their Edmonson tickets with a special machine, to make them into nice souvenirs.
